• more about #swype
    jdmank: Is just ran the same test on my iPhone in Qwerty and finished before the Swype guy. This is a joke... Anyone with a a bit of practice can do the same. more »
    kagekiri: Honestly, if you're using the phone like this video (aka using your index finger), you're still using two hands: who puts down a cell phone to enter t... more »
    Geisrud: So, many of you find that you're faster on your iPhone than this guy on Swype. That says nothing; it's comparing two sets of disparate things. Compa... more »
    Geisrud: How would this work for people using the Columbus method of typing (ya know - Search and Land)? They'd end up with gibberish as they swirl their fing... more »
    UnderLoK: First off to all the people talking about how they beat the guy on the iPhone, yes he is slow, but it doesn't change anything. In order for you type ... more »
    dimsum4u: Still not to sure how it works. Will it recognize words that you haven't typed before? I want to assume that they did it a few times so the phone reme... more »
    mocax: i signed up for beta... no news from them for over a year, now they're releasing it.... :( i feel cheated..... :( more »
    tande04: I thought this had already hit android? Or at least through rooted phones. more »
    Lukasz Fabis: You can slide your fingers around on the iPhone, and then do a quick release-tap to input a character. I don't see what's so innovative here, unless ... more »
    Dijkie1337: It's not speed that matters, it's what the user finds most enjoyable and simple that counts. Those camps will always be divided. Even if we develop s... more »
    eljeffe666: well i just did a test of my own. even not knowing the exact wording and having to look back once or twice i was able to hold my own and finish just a... more »
    chuckwu: Who goes to the punctuation menu to press a period? Double tap space bar anyone? Contest was rigged. more »
    boydknife: i beat the swype guy with t9... and that was with me waiting a few times to remember what they typed. it's an intriguing new method... but i think it... more »
    gooddrum90: just typed this on my iphone with no mistakes in 22 seconds. the guy on "swype" in the video took over 35. epic win. more »
    EndlessMike: I tried this on my iPhone while he was doing it. With having to look up to see what they were typing, as well as correcting a couple errors here and t... more »
    Kaiser-Machead: I type considerably faster on my touch than that guy does. With predictive typing on I could probably keep up reasonably well with Swype. more »
    stevenmaier: The iPhone has had this for awhile (just not built in). Looks to me like Swype (who stole their name from Skype) stole the idea from Writing Pad (whic... more »
    belyle: One has to wonder how long this will take to reach the jailbreak community on iphone. I think this is excellent, and would use it daily on mine. more »
    DiscoD: obviously its not a fair fight from the get go because the iphone's touch keyboard is just well..BAD. more »
    Homerjay is utterly alone.: This is apples and oranges. They're comparing Swipe's ability to predict words but they have iPhones prediction shut off. LAAAAME. more »
  • #smartphones

    Swype vs QWERTY: FIGHT!!!!!

    QWERTY is pretty much the king of smartphone text input. But there's a new challenger on the horizon. It's called Swype, it works with one-hand input and, yeah, it is pretty fast. More »
  • #cellphones

    Blindingly Fast Touchscreen Text Entry System Gets a Push By Creator of T9